Meanings
verbhaffle (third-person singular simple present haffles, present participle haffling, simple past and past participle haffled)
present singular third person haffles · participle present haffling · participle past haffled · past haffled
- UKdialectalTo stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
the clergy were haffling and timid
1840, James Everett, Wesleyan Takings
Origin
Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).
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